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KIT team designs low-cost photoreactor for efficient solar-driven synthesis

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Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their Canadian partners have designed a low-cost photoreactor design for solar-driven synthesis. The photoreactors have a low level of complexity, are readily manufacturable via mass fabrication techniques in polymers, and are easy to adapt to diverse photocatalysts.

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Ford low-cost EV platform to compete with Tesla being designed by “skunkworks team:” CEO

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As noted by Farley, there has been a seismic change in the EV sector during the latter half of 2023, and it was driven in part by a combination of EV manufacturers cutting their price by 20% and lots of capital and capacity being poured into the two-row crossover segment. It was a startup. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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DOE awards Eaton $4.9M to develop low-cost fast-charging solution; solid-state transformer, modular chargers

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Under the three-year program, Eaton will develop and demonstrate a novel, compact and turnkey solution for DC fast-charging infrastructure that is anticipated to reduce costs by 65% through improvements in power conversion and grid interconnection technology, charger integration and modularity, and installation time.

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Renault and VW may partner on low-cost BEV minicar

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To stay in the game, Renault is among the European automakers rushing to produce EVs that are at a similar price point to ICE vehicles – to avoid losing out to Chinese rivals that have Europe in their sites with low-cost EVs – BYD’s vehicles are arriving by the shipload. Get started here.

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DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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6k , Plasma Low-cost Ultra Sustainable Cathode Active Material (PLUS CAM), $50,000,000. Ascend Elements will plan, design, and construct a cathode active materials (CAM) plant at a greenfield site in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and install all manufacturing equipment. Component Manufacturing (Cathode).

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DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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6k , Plasma Low-cost Ultra Sustainable Cathode Active Material (PLUS CAM), $50,000,000. Ascend Elements will plan, design, and construct a cathode active materials (CAM) plant at a greenfield site in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and install all manufacturing equipment. Component Manufacturing (Cathode).

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Ford is building a low-cost EV platform with some of the ‘best EV engineers’ to rival Tesla

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Ford (F) assembled a “super-talented skunk works team” to build a low-cost EV platform. Ford is “secretly” developing a low-cost EV platform Following Tuesday’s Q4 and full-year 2023 earnings results, Farley explained that Ford is adjusting its capital while switching gears to focus on smaller EVs. billion this year.